I followed the advice you guys provided and I managed to get XFree86 4.0.3
working with my Matrox G450 video card.
But, now my Microsoft IntelliMouse won't work correctly. As soon as I move
my mouse, the mouse cursor flies to the top-right corner of the screen and
won't come out no matter how I move the mouse.
Has anybody got any clues for this situation?
Thanks!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2001 12:58 AM
Subject: Re: Red Hat 7 and Matrox G450?
> On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 07:22:27PM -0400, Ray Goudie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> | I just installed Red Hat Linux 7.
> | First off, I could not install in GUI mode because the installation hung
> | while trying to start X11.
> | So, I installed in text mode. This seemed to go fine until it was time
to
> | run X11Configure. The display did not look correct. The image was very
> | wavy and I only saw a portion of the whole virtual screen.
> | I have a Matrox G450 Dual-Head video card.
>
> I have done both RH7.0 and RH7.1beta2 (wolverine) with G450s.
>
> For RH7.0 I have been doing this:
>
> you get XFree86 4.0.1. For this you need the mga.o driver from
Matrox's
> site. (Note: that driver won't work with 4.0.2). Doing the install we
do
> it in text mode and _skip_ the test-the-video stage at the end. Then
> mover the 4.0.1 mga.o sideays and install Matrox's. Happy.
>
> For RH7.1beta2 (wolverine) I did this last Friday:
>
> I grabbed the XFree86 4.0.3 RPMs from the rawhide distro (see any
> mirror). So: text mode wolverine install, again _skipping_ the
> video test at the end. Then upgrade the RPMs. Because of the
dependencies
> I ended up fetching these:
>
> Mesa-3.4-13.i386.rpm XFree86-V4L-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm
> Mesa-demos-3.4-13.i386.rpm XFree86-xdm-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm
> Mesa-devel-3.4-13.i386.rpm XFree86-xf86cfg-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm
> XFree86-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm XFree86-xfs-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm
> XFree86-devel-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm XFree86-Xnest-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm
> XFree86-libs-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm XFree86-Xvfb-4.0.3-1.i386.rpm
>
> Drop them into a directory, cd there, say:
>
> rpm -Fv *.rpm
>
> It should go ok. Then as root say:
>
> XFree86 -configure
>
> It gets it right first time, but test it as it tells you. If happy,
> install the new config file as /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 for all to use.
> By default it chooses 8 bit colour. Ick. hack it to use 16 or 24.
> (I just cheat and pass the "-depth 16" option to the server at start).
>
> I'm now happily running at 1792x1344.
>
> It is my belief that the 4.0.3 XFree86 RPMs should install perfectly
happily
> on RH7.0, too, saving the hassle of getting the Matrox-supplied driver. I
> will have to find a guinea pig for this this coming week.
> --
> Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/
>
> ...the problem is not what is in front of the eyepiece but is often what
is
> behind it. - Don Farra
>
>
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